Candlestick



(No Model.)

G. WERNTZ.

GANDLESTIGK. v No. 395,097. Patented Dec. 25. 1888.

ments in that class of ilniTnn STATES PATENT Warren,

GABRIEL \VERNTZ, OF PLr-KOERVILLE, CALlFORh l.

CANDLESTICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,097, dated December 25, 1888.

Application filed June 14, 1888. $erial No. 277,144- (No model) To all 1071,0712 it may concern:

fornia, have invented an Improvement in Miners Candlesticks; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to certain improtedevices known as miners candlesticks.

It consists in the constructions and. combination of parts which I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanatitm of my in vention, Figure 1. is a view showing the device complete with the parts in position for use. Fig. 2 shows the handle, spear, and socket separated from each other. Fig. 3 shows the parts packed together tor transportation.

A is the handle portion, which is bent around into the form of a ring, the two ends being extended parallel with each other, as shown at B. The inner adjacent faces of the two sides B are channeled in V form, so that as they lie together the channels form a square or diamond shape in cross-section, into which the correspondinglyshaped inner end or shank, O, of the spear I) will slide and fit. The hole E is made through one of the sides B, and a corresponding notch, F, is formed in. the shank C of the spear, so that a transverse pin or key passing through will hold the spear firmly in place between the two sides 13. In the present case I have shown this key G as extended upward so as to form the hook H, by which the device may be hung up whenever it is more convenient to secure it in this manner than by strikin the spear into a wooden beam.

I is a tubular socket in which the candle is held. This socket is made of spring-steel bent into cylindrical form and having a projecting thumb-piece, J, upon. one side, by which it may be sprung open suiiiciently to admit a candle. This socket may either be secured permanently on the side of one of the extensions B, or, as shown in the present case, it may be provided with lugs K, which extend down through one of the sides B,

passing through the V-shapcd. channel in that side, and having notches cut in them, as shown at L, so that when the spearshank is inserted into its place between the two sides B it will engage these notches L, and thus lock the candle-holder lugs firmly in place.

The hook H, having been inserted into the slot before described, will lock the spear in place, and the whole will be firmly held together. The length of the camlle-socket is such that if the candle becomes broken it may be so placed in the socket that the broken place will be held within the length of the socket, and thus keep it in place until the candle is burned down to this point, and so prevent waste.

In order to jnrevent danger from accident, I employ an automatic extinguisher, which consists of a disk, M, secured to the end of the arm ll, which is attached to or forms an extension of the spring 0, having a central hub, P, which [its over the square shank of the hook. The disk is drawn back when the candle is introduced into the socket, and its edge then rests against the side of the candle, the pressure of the spring being sufficient to hold it in this position with considerable force. \Vhen the candle has burned down to the disk, the latter will be forced across the candle, thus cutting it oil and extinguishing it, so as to prevent accident. By this construction of the jointed and detacha ble spear I am enabled to make a candlestick of greater length, so that there is not so much danger of the candle igniting dry wood which may be near it, and when it is desired to carry it away, it is easily separated by removing the key, the ext-inguishing-disk, and reversing the spear, placing the hook and disk upon the handle and h older, as shown in Fig.

lVhen everything conveniently packed up, it can be put into the pocket and carried away.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- l. The handle having extensions B with a slot rectamgular in cross-section, in combination with the spear having the shank fitted to the slot and the transverse locking-key passing through the slot in one of the extensions, so as to engage the notch in the shank of the spear, substantially as herein described.

2. The combination of the handle having parallel extensions B with the longitudinal slots in their meeting faces, a candle holder or socket fitted to one of the extensions, the spear having the shank fitted to said slots, a key by which the spear is locked in place, and a hook formed on an extension of the key, substantially as herein described.

3. The handle having the parallel slotted extension, the candle holder or socket having lugs passing through holes in one of the extensions B and notched so as to be locked in place by the shank of the spear, the transverse key by which the spear-shank is locked in place, a hook formed on an extension of the key, by which to hang the device, a disk, and a coil-spring and hub fixed to the hookextension, so as to act as an extinguisher, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

GABRIEL \VERNTZ. Witnesses:

S. H. NOURSE, II. C. LEE. 

